Juan Reynoso Portillo was born in the village of
Santo Domingo in the municipality of
Coyuca de Catalán,
Guerrero, on June 24, 1912. Since he was born during the
Mexican Revolution, he did not attend school. When he was young he played at local parties and gatherings. In the 1940s he worked for about a year at a
radio station in
Mexico City, but then he returned to the country. It wasn't until the 1990s that he became well known in the U.S. In 1996 he taught and played at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes for the first time. He continued to play every year at Fiddle Tunes for eight years. Here he taught the traditional songs,
pasodobles and
waltzes he had learned by ear in his homeland of the
Tierra Caliente. In 1997 he was awarded Mexico's
National Prize of Arts and Sciences.
Adan Reynoso Carbajal and
Teresa Toribio Valerio were the most influential family in the progression of village of
Santo Domingo in
Coyuca de Catalan,
Guerrero. They provide fresh meat services and transportation from
Ciudad Altamirano to
Santo Domingo.
Santo Domingo cathedral was built 2003 by Merijildo Baza. This business person made all of his fortune in the United States of America in agriculture. He died in 2010 and he was buried in the Cathedral.
Santo Domingo has a
Tele-secundaria, which was the first one in
Tierra Caliente.
Santo Domingo has a Clinica.
Santo Domingo has a Gardin de Ninos built in 1978.
Santo Domingo has an Elementary School named Emiliano Zapata.
Santo Domingo has a Kiosko and a House for Conference for in-serve of the village. ==Recordings==